Best iPhone Photography Awards 2016

The winners of the iPhone Photography Awards, an annual award given to the authors of the best photos taken on the iPhone, were announced. The winner of the main prize was the Chinese Siyuan Niu, the author of the picture called "The Man and the Eagle". The photo taken in the Tien Shan Mountains in the south of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China shows a 70-year-old man named Khalkha with his golden eagle.

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Source: time.com

"I can't believe I won the grand prize! If I had to describe my feelings, I would say that I feel like Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio's hero), who won a ticket to the Titanic, or like a newborn Simba, picked up by a baboon shaman," Xiyuan shared.

"It's amazing that people around the world take pictures, thereby sharing with us a piece of their lives," said Kenan Aktulun, the founder of the award.

Second place: "She bends with the wind," by Robin Robertis.

Third place: "Wonderland", by Carolyn Mara Borlengi.

First place in the category "News and events", author — Lulud Aki.

First place in the category "Portrait", author — Elizabeth Taylor.

First place in the category "Trees", author — Victor Quintanar.

First place in the category "Animals", author — Erica Wu.

First place in the category "Still Life", author — Wen Ki.

First place in the category "Flowers", author — Lon Bjorn.

First place in the category "Nature", author — Yunfeng Wang.

First place in the category "Other", by Kevin Casey.

First place in the category "People", author — Zhenkai Ksia.